1872. Daily Telegraph, 18 Sept. All five then went into the refreshment bar, and—as a bonâ fide traveller has a right to do—liquored up, clinking their glasses merrily together.
1872. Echo, 23 Aug. He joined them, and accepted the general invitation given by De Castro to have a 'shout,' or, as the Americans would say, a liquor-up, at the hotel on the opposite side of the way.
1882. Daily Telegraph, 13 Nov., p. 5, col. 3. Who gobbled their food, liquored up repeatedly, smoked or chewed to excess, and expectorated incessantly.
1888. E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xix. Come boys, liquor up!
To liquor one's boots, verb. phr. (old).—See quot.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. Liquor, To liquor one's boots, to drink before a journey, among Roman Catholicks to administer the extreme unction.
In liquor, phr. (colloquial).—The worse for drink. For synonyms see Drinks and Screwed.
1756. The World, No. 186. It was her misfortune over-night to be a little in liquor.
1766. Colman, Cland. Marriage, in Works (1777), i. 274. And now you are a little in liquor, you fear nothing.
1883. James Payn, Thicker than Water, xv. For her reflection, when all was said, had been similar to that indulged in by the gentleman in liquor, 'too much, yet not enough.'
Liquorpond Street. To come
from Liquor-pond Street,
verb. phr. (common).—To be
drunk.
1828. Buckstone, 23 John St., Adelphi, i. Snatch. I don't know where you are, sir; but you seem to have just comb from Liquorpond Street.
Lispers, subs. (old).—The teeth.
For synonyms see Grinders.
1800. Parker, Life's Painter, p. 151, s.v.
List. See Add.
Listeners, subs. (common).—The
ears.
1827. Egan, Anecdotes of the Turf, 7. Hooper planted another under Wood's listner.
Listman, subs. (turf).—A ready-money
bookmaker, betting according
to prices on a list exhibited
beside him.
1887. Daily Telegraph, 12 March. M. Berthaudin would also extend to the listmen the same rule which is in force among the brokers and agents on the Paris Stock Exchange, all the members of which are jointly and severally responsible for the debts of any one of their number.
Lists-of-Love, subs. (literary).—Copulation.
For synonyms see
Greens and Ride.
1593. Shakspeare, Venus and Adonis. Now are they in the very lists of love.
1633. Ford, Loves' Sacrifice, iv. 1. A prince whose eye is chooser to his heart, Is seldom steady in the lists of love.
Litter, subs. (old: now recognised).—A muddle.—B.E.(1690); New Cant. Dict. (1725).
Little, adj. (old: now colloquial).—Mean;
paltry; contemptible.—B. E.
(1690); New Cant. Dict.
(1725).
Little Alderman, subs. phr.
(thieves').—A jemmy (q.v.) made
in sections. See Alderman.
1889. Daily News, 19 Oct., p. 5, col. 1. The little alderman or 'sectional jemmy,' must be condemned by virtue of the word sectional.
Little Barbary, subs. phr. (old).—Wapping.—B.
E. (1690); New
Cant. Dict. (1725); Grose (1785).
